How To Get Rich Slowly

Dear International Investor,

Back in 1993, I took a US$5,000 gift and turned it into a US$150,000 profit on a real estate deal.

This happened in Ravenswood... an eclectic north-side Chicago neighborhood made up of middle-class office workers, first-generation Latino immigrants, and second-generation Eastern Europeans.

The investment was an income-producing property, consisting of three two-bedroom flats. A good rental property.

And, to be honest, finding it wasn’t easy. I looked at dozens of buildings that didn’t make the cut...and analyzed countless other opportunities that didn’t work for me financially.

I pounded the streets. I negotiated with dozens of developers, agents, and property owners, until I found just the right deal for my situation. After haggling with a number of bankers, I got the financial terms just right, and I made the buy.

So after a lot of groundwork, I ended up with just the right property...on my terms.

The building started generating a good rental income right away. And a little more than two years later, I sold the property for a profit of US$150,000...after expenses.

Not a bad return on that US$5,000 gift.

Since then, I’ve found that property investing is a lucrative way to make a living...both for me and for those clients who follow my advice.

I’m sure you hear the claims as often as I do...leveraged gains of 2,000% or more in just a few weeks.

But, while these extraordinary claims make great headlines, they don’t represent reality for most investors today.

Why?

Because most of these assertions are based on unrealized gains. That is, gains based on what promoters believe the property to be worth, not on money realized by an actual sale.

What’s more, many people are buying pre-construction properties in bubble markets. When they do try to realize their anticipated gains, they’ll likely be selling into a market glutted with similar pre-construction condos, all coming online and being put up for sale at the same time.

This boom-time speculative strategy used to work. In the golden age of international property investing that we’ve just moved out of, there’s no doubt...this strategy could make you rich. I’ve used it frequently myself with great success.

But it’s not working today.

Bubble investment markets feel good. There are plenty of investors with enough money to buy and support prices. This is happening even now in some markets. What’s missing today, however, are the retail buyers, to buy these investment properties down the line...when the time comes for the investor to sell.

Sure, some people will get lucky. But successful, experienced investors don’t trust their portfolios to luck. They shift their strategies to keep up with the economic realities.

The key to successful real estate investing is diversity...diversity of all things, including strategy.

You’d never put all your money into a single tactic in the stock market, and the same should hold true for international property investing.

In my business, I use a time-tested, four-pronged approach that serves as a good hedge against volatile economic times.

In fact, we’ll go over this methodology specifically in a minute.

It’s an approach that generates a solid income, while steadily growing your portfolio. It uses a conservative, wealth-building plan that doesn’t collapse when economies falter.

It has allowed both me and my clients to keep moving steadily forward during the recent and ongoing troubled times...without having to risk our wealth in speculative markets.

Of the four strategies I use, what’s working best today is the most conservative: Real Productive Assets. That is, assets that produce a solid income right away, with capital growth as a secondary objective.

And while it’s the most conservative strategy, I still project that I’ll meet my standard goal to double the value of every investment I make within five years.

I’d love to tell you that I have this amazing sixth sense when it comes to real estate investing...or that I have remarkable luck.

But, in fact, neither is true.

That first successful investment in Chicago more than 20 years ago...and every one since...they were the result not of brilliance nor of luck but of old-fashioned hard work...and lots of it.

I profited from each opportunity because I was “in the market,” pounding the pavement, and making my presence known. I made every connection I could...followed up on every lead I encountered...considered every opportunity that presented itself. Then I held out until I found just the right deal, and I persisted until I was able to make the buy on my own terms.

Today I continue to pound the pavement, but on a global scale. After more than 20 years at this, I’ve developed a worldwide network of contacts and resources that makes it possible for me to find great property investments virtually anywhere on the planet.

Real estate investing is how I built my own wealth. In the past, I've shared my methods, my strategies, my connections, and my discoveries with only a small number of personal clients and readers.

Now with my Global Property Investor's Marketwatch investment service, I am able to share my discoveries and recommendations with a larger community…with a small group of investors interested in generating substantial profits and income through international property investing.

However, due to certain membership perks—exclusive, on-the-ground, members-only scouting trips and private consultation hours with yours truly (more on that later)—participation in my Global Property Investor's Marketwatch must be limited to just 100 investors. Frankly, I take this relationship very seriously, and I couldn't manage a bigger group.

The way it works is simple.

• Opportunities: I’ll scour the international markets using my worldwide network of contacts, as I do constantly, to identify the best international real estate investment opportunities available...

• Evaluation: I’ll check out every opportunity I identify, applying my filters. I’ll crunch the numbers, study the market, and get to know the sellers, the developers, and the others involved, including their track records...

• Presentation: When an opportunity passes my muster, I’ll offer it to you, my Marketwatch members...

• Action: If the opportunity fits with your own current portfolio requirements and personal investing objectives, you’ll have the chance to act, with members-only preferred terms and pricing whenever possible...

You may choose to act on only 1 opportunity out of 10...or 1 out of 50...or none at all...that’s up to you. But the opportunities will keep coming your way.

As you see, the process is simple. Deceptively so. For as I’ll show you, it’s also extremely effective.

An asset the IRS doesn't want to know about Surprise: Real Estate is an asset that you do not have to report to the IRS… You know that, as an American, wherever in the world you go, Uncle Sam requires you to report on your worldwide income and assets. But there is an investment that the government doesn't require you to report on. No questions asked. They're simply not interested. What is it? Foreign real estate. Yes, you can own a second home (whether for investment or personal use) in a foreign country and you are not obliged to inform the U.S. tax authorities. And, while new laws may make it easier for the government to get at your bank account overseas, it's a heck of a lot harder for someone (assuming they can track it down in the first place) to physically remove your foreign property. The beauty of this is that you don't have to be super-rich to take up the idea of buying real estate overseas to protect your wealth. Opportunities to buy land, houses, and apartments, for both investment and personal use, exist at all price levels.

As a member of our group, you will:

• Maintain your market edge, with timely dispatches and in-depth reports, bringing you the latest and most actionable information from the world’s top-performing property markets. You’ll be introduced to the opportunities as they develop...

• Profit from the chance to invest in the same projects and opportunities that I’m investing in myself. Well before the general public gets wind of them and typically for much less than what the general public will pay...

• Sharpen your investment skills leveraging the expertise that I’ve accumulated over the past 20 years of property investing...experience that’s paying big dividends now...

• Explore the breaking opportunities, by coming with me to see the projects or properties first hand...and be the ‘first in’ if the opportunity is right for you...

While the less-savvy investors nervously await their 2,000% gains (that I predict in many cases will never materialize), we’ll be steadily adding 20% per year to our asset values.

Let me show you the big picture...

My name is Lief Simon. And when I made that first property investment more than 20 years ago, my life took a dramatic and exciting turn.

I’ve since scouted real estate in over 50 countries, personally invested in 21 of them, and managed a multi-million dollar portfolio of rental properties around the world for a large international corporation. And, along the way, I’ve built an impressive portfolio of diversified property assets...and pocketed real profits, as well.

As founder of International Living’s Global Real Estate Investor, I led my readers to a number of remarkably profitable investments in markets from Croatia to Mexico...from Argentina to the coast of Spain...from Romania to Honduras...

In short, I’ve made a career of international property investing.

Now I don’t expect that most people reading this letter will make such a life change...

Over the years, I’ve introduced countless investors to the idea...and the reality...of global property investing. Frankly, it’s a good way to make a profit.

But, just as important, it’s an exciting and adventurous way to make a profit.

What a way to make your money! You get to enjoy the dazzling white sand-beaches of places like Mexico’s Riviera, for example, as you scout your next buy. You’ll try the food...meet the people...enjoy the nightlife...and soak up the culture. All in a day’s work...all part of measuring the desirability of a potential next investment.

Next maybe you’ll jet off to the Philippines, to scout some of the world’s best rental returns at a groundbreaking new resort.

Or perhaps join me on my latest expedition to the dazzling beaches of Northeast Brazil...or the luxurious-yet-affordable seaside resorts of Uruguay...or maybe we’ll sample a fine Malbec as we scout the wine region of Argentina together...

This is not a dream. This is reality...for me and a good number of my fellow investors. The lifestyle of a global property investor can be rich, active, and exciting...as well as highly profitable.

I have a good number of clients who, by their own choices, have never seen many of the international property investments they’ve made. They review the deals, make the decisions to invest, determine their exit strategies, and buy...all without ever leaving the comfort of home.

When the time is right, according to their exit strategy, they sell.

But I have other clients who have personally gone to see every property that they’ve invested in. When I go on a field trip, they’re right there with me time after time.

It works either way. Even from your armchair, international investing can be fun and exciting.

And that’s because it’s real. You’re investing in your own property with value beyond its rate of capital appreciation or its annual yield. Unlike with electronic funds or paper assets, you can touch the assets I’m talking about. Heck, you can even spend the night in them.

International property adds a dimension to investing that most people never see.

While others are watching stock prices, mutual fund values, and interest rates...you’ll be assessing the world’s best beaches...its finest resorts...and its most appealing outposts.  

Global real estate investing—while exciting and dynamic—is not just about the enjoyment of investing. Property investments are productive...secure...and have an unbeatable track record over the years.

But I’ll be honest...doing a good job at property investing takes work.

It requires significant travel, investigation, due diligence, and legwork on the ground. Sometimes months of research and due diligence and weeks of negotiation.

You’ve got to maintain a worldwide network of contacts and relationships, and you’ve got to be in a position to act when the deals emerge.

Frankly, there are easier ways to invest.

• I’ll keep track of which investment methods are positioned to bring in the best returns in the context of both macro- and micro-market climates...

• I’ll hit the ground running in each of the countries that are currently on my radar as investment targets...and, if you like, you’ll be right there with me...

• I’ll go after the best deals those markets have to offer, because I’ll be able to recognize them quickly. And I’ll negotiate the best terms, because I’ve been negotiating these kinds of deals for a very long time now...

• My worldwide network of on-the-ground contacts will keep us appraised of the latest happenings in each marketplace...

• I’ll evaluate each project, go over all the numbers with my sharpest pencil, and produce an un-biased calculation for projected returns...

• Finally, if the opportunity passes all of the filters, I’ll get word out to you, as a Marketwatch member...

Then you can decide if any particular opportunity is right for you...whether it meets the needs of your portfolio at the time, and if the opportunity is something you want to be involved in.

You can handle this like a traditional investment and maintain the hands-off approach that a traditional investor would normally use...

Or you can be right in the thick of it. You can join me on the ground as I hammer out the deals and take an active part in evaluating your investment opportunities from the start. 

To make money in global real estate, I look for opportunities that line up with one of these four strategies:

1. Buying Wholesale. This is simply buying at a price below what the property would sell for to the general public...with the potential then to turn around sell on to the general public yourself...

2. Path of Progress. This means buying property in the path of new or planned infrastructure (such as a new airport, bridge, or highway) or buying where there’s an emerging market trend...one that’s not yet apparent to the mainstream property buyer...

3. Crisis Investing. This is taking a position in a market when everyone else is running the other way, typically thanks to economic or political crisis. Successful investors are the ones with the foresight to see which markets will bounce back...

4. Real Productive Assets. As I’ve explained, these are property assets that generate income as their primary objective. They also can yield a capital appreciation, but as a secondary objective. My own clients switched to investing in Real Productive Assets in early 2008...
   
   Real Productive Assets are where the solid returns are coming from today.

As a Marketwatch member, you’ll be hearing a lot more on all four of these investing strategies, on how to use them effectively, and on how they’re performing as we move through ever-changing market cycles.

Here are just a few examples of where my readers and I have profited in the international marketplace...

• Bucharest, Romania: 90% profit in 16 months...

• Paris, France: 50% gain in two years plus a respectable 6% per year in rental income. A great example of the Real Productive Assets strategy paying off to generate both income and capital appreciation...

• Buenos Aires; 100% profit in 2 ½ years plus 8% per year in rental income. This was Crisis Investing at its best...

• Costa del Sol, Spain: 30% annualized returns in two years. Another solid example of Buying Wholesale...

• Costa Maya, Mexico: 200% in 2 years...

• County Waterford, Ireland: 250% gain in 5 years...

• Mendoza, Argentina: 50% on a land investment in less than five months...

• Rancho Santana, Nicaragua: 450% in 5 years. A prime example of Path of Progress investing, as the Nicaraguan coast continued to develop both when we bought in and for years to follow...

• Santa Fe, Panama: 400% profit in three years...

Nothing is guaranteed, and we all know that market cycles move both up and down. But knowing where to look—and using a flexible and diverse approach—can land you on the positive side no matter what markets are doing overall.

The more experience I’ve had as a global property investor, the more appreciation I’ve developed for this as a wealth-building strategy. Here are some less-tangible benefits you can enjoy on top of the appreciation, yields, and profits your investment actually earns...

Portfolio diversity: Real estate holdings help hedge you against the erratic behavior of stock and bond markets...

Security: Real estate is more secure than stocks and bonds. Securities, as many have found out, can lose significant portions of their value, even become worthless. Real estate, on the other hand, is a hard asset that retains its intrinsic value. It can’t go to zero...

Asset protection: Assets held offshore are difficult to attach or to seize...meaning that anyone thinking of troubling you with a frivolous lawsuit or other malicious action would find it intimidating, difficult, even impossible to make a claim against whatever assets you hold offshore...

Currency positions: While some overseas real estate markets operate in U.S. dollars, many others do not. These non-U.S.-dollar markets give you the opportunity to diversify your portfolio even further, by holding property assets in multiple currencies...

• Panama: Yes, many investors in Panama City have headed for the exits, as this market has slowed and prices have fallen. To me, positioned solidly on the inside, this all looks like opportunity knocking.

  I’m already well-invested personally, both in Panama City and on this country’s Pacific coast, but I’m actively shopping for more at the right price. In Panama City right now, sellers are more willing to entertain your offer than they have been in years. Originally, I invested in Panama City pre-construction. Today, my strategy is Real Productive Assets. I’m interested in rentable apartments priced low enough to produce a good yield from rental. I’m netting 12% annually on my current rental investment in this city and would gladly expand my portfolio.

  Individuals...and even developers...can profit

  “Thanks to Lief’s experience and coaching, I’m selling my development much quicker than I expected.
  
  “His expertise in planning, marketing, and finance has been indispensable.”
  
  David J., Uruguay

  Outside Panama City, the name of the game is Path of Progress...especially in the Veraguas Province, where an aggressive investment in infrastructure continues and, I predict, will accelerate in 2015. The window to get in early in this important region is closing. I’m moving quickly personally to buy all I can before prices begin rising too far too fast...

• The Philippines: Along with Panama, this is a market I’m focusing on, again for Real Productive Assets.
  

• The Dominican Republic: Here I’m after land, looking to employ the Buying Wholesale strategy. I’m shopping for first-in deals on lots in planned developments or raw ocean-view land.

• Belize: This country boasts bargain-priced productive land…and productive land is one of the most important buys you can make right now.
  
  
• Colombia: I'm completely won over by this market. I like the fundamentals. Mostly I like the dirt-cheap prices for what I consider top-shelf real estate. I've bought myself and am aggressively shopping for more. It's not often you find the caliber of opportunity currently on the table in Medellin... and are aware enough to act. The time for Colombia, specifically Medellin, is right now. I'm acting. I'll show you how to get in, too. Marketwatch members are cordially invited to join me.
  

• Property Investor's Dispatches: Maintain your market edge with alerts that bring you up-to-the-minute reports on the world's most interesting and profit-rich opportunities as I identify them. This is real time information. As I scout it and veg it... you read it...

• My monthly report, Global Property Investor's Marketwatch: This is where we’ll go in-depth and full-picture. These comprehensive reports will bring you in-depth market analysis of the world’s most-productive current opportunities...

• First Alerts
  produce results

  “When I received Lief’s bulletin on Nicaragua, I was skeptical about the lakefront lots he’d found for US$42,000. But I followed his advice, and now, four years later, my property is worth US$90,000 at least.”
  
  John F., United States
  Guaranteed First Alert status: You’ll be the first to be notified of each deal, before it’s announced to the general Live and Invest Overseas readership, or in many cases, any other universe of potential investors...

• Guaranteed best terms: On limited-inventory offers, you’ll get the best price, the most attractive financing terms, and the first pick...
  
  
• My promise that I will never earn a commission from any investment you make on my recommendation. Instead, in every case where a commission is available, I’ll pass this fee along to you as a discount if you decide to invest. I have a zero-tolerance position for the kind of conflict of interest that would be created if I were to accept commissions for sales to my members. My commission fees would run between 2% and 15% under different circumstances, so the discounts you’ll realize as a Marketwatch member will be significant.

• Access to my expert network: You’ll hear from my contacts and contributors as they bring information and deals to the table. As a Marketwatch member, you’re free to interact with them personally and to take advantage of their expertise...

• Scouting and deal-making trips: If you want to enjoy the on-the-ground field work, you can join me as I evaluate particular opportunities and hammer out the deals. This is the best way, of course, to be first in line for limited opportunities.

We’ll each pay our own way...but, scouting as a group, we’ll enjoy the benefits of each other’s experience and know-how...

In addition, as a Global Property Investor’s Marketwatch Member, you are automatically a Live and Invest Overseas VIP member, as well, enjoying these additional benefits:

• A discount of US$150 on all Live and Invest Overseas events and seminars…

• Access to members-only private gatherings at all events...

• VIP treatment at all events, including special facilities, seating, and VIP lounge access...

A subscription to Global Property Investor's Marketwatch would be a terrific value at more than five times the price.

I’d like to offer these additional valuable benefits to anyone who takes advantage of this limited-time opportunity to become a Member of my Marketwatch service.

• Begin your discovery and exploration of property opportunities worldwide with special reports on three key markets I currently have my eye on. Sign up for my Marketwatch service today, and you'll receive three new reports, The Pain In Spain Continues-Is It Time To Buy Into This Crisis Market?, Your Own Chacra—Great Way To Establish A Foothold In Uruguay, and Where Money Grows On Trees: Investing In Irish Forestry.

• Live, on-the-scene recordings and presentations from the most recent Global Property Summit: Each of the audio programs is a recording of one of our general panel discussions during the event, which includes information and commentary from me and one or more of my colleagues in the overseas real estate world. The topics discussed in each recording are essential for the new investor, but even veteran property buyers should benefit from the various opinions and back and forth discussions included. Attendees at the event itself paid upward of a thousand dollars to be in the room. I'll send you a selection of audio programs from the most recent event free when you become a Marketwatch member.

• Crisis investing
  at work

  “Immediately following the Argentine crisis of 2002, Lief recommended buying in Buenos Aires. I bought an apartment that he identified as a particularly good buy and sold it four years later for double what I’d paid.”
  
  John R., United States
  Two hours of uninterrupted private consultation to help you launch your own global real estate investing adventures. Normally, I charge US$400 per hour for private consulting. This is a US$800 total value...

The price of membership in my Global Property Investor's Marketwatch is just US$197 per quarter. At this price, your subscription could easily pay for itself many times over.

Membership includes all these benefits:

• Property Investor’s Dispatches;


• Global Property Investor's Marketwatch, monthly;


• Guaranteed First Alert status;


• Guaranteed best prices and best financing terms;


• Access to my global network of expert contacts and contributors;


• An open invitation to join me for scouting and deal-making trips;


• The guide "Finding, Owning, And Managing A Rental Property Abroad- An efficient and profitable way to establish your international presence;"


• Three special reports on critical and diverse investment opportunities in key markets around the world;"


• A selection of audio programs from our most recent Global Property Summit;


• Two hours of private consulting with me anytime

And don’t forget these additional benefits you’ll enjoy as a Live and Invest Overseas VIP member:

• A full 50% off our annual Global Property Summit, where we showcase the world's best property deals


• US$150 on all Live and Invest Overseas events and seminars;


• Access to ‘members only’ private gatherings at all events;


• Access to VIP special facilities, seating, and lounge

The value in the first quarter of your membership alone is at least US$1,500... but it's yours today for the special price of just US$197 per quarter.

Remember, membership is limited to 100 investors only, so reserve your membership today.

And, yes: Your membership is absolutely risk-free...your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed

Your Marketwatch membership comes with an iron-clad, 100% money-back guarantee. If, after three months of membership, you’re not completely satisfied with the service, I will refund your full price. No questions asked.

And the live recordings and special reports will be yours to keep.

The upside here is enormous, and you have nothing to lose. Become a Marketwatch Member now.

Many global real estate investors have a great story or two to tell in hindsight...about the time they really “hit a home run” with one of their investments.

But the people who make a living by investing have more than one or two good investment stories. They have a long track record, a solid, diversified portfolio of current holdings, and a sound strategy that allows them to make consistent returns...global market ups and downs notwithstanding.

A sustainable system that’s flexible enough to change with today’s volatile economic times, without missing a productive beat.

And that’s exactly what I’m offering you today...

• A sound method for steady, reliable wealth-building...
• A way to profit that’s fun, active, and exciting...
• And leading-edge investment methods that are not only up to date but that will shift strategies with the times, allowing you to continue to generate yields and to realize profits regardless of global market cycles...

Here’s to building real wealth that lasts.

I look forward to joining forces with you.

Sincerely,

Lief Simon, Founder
Global Property Investor's Marketwatch

P.S. This special price offers unparalleled value. But, remember, your ultimate payback could be far greater. In many cases, a single, first-in opportunity could pay back the cost of this subscription 20 times over.

Become a Marketwatch Member today. Your experience will change the way you look at investing forever.

P.P.S. You must be among the first 100 Members to join the Global Property Investor’s Marketwatch to be eligible for the two hours of one-on-one consulting time. You can sign up here to join me now.